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a couple of quick controller questions
Posted on: 05.03.2013 by Dirk Veasman
Hey guys.

I had two questions. If a dj controller doesn't have a dedicated shift button, can any button be assigned as a shift button? I am assuming the shift feature only works in hardware.

For my other question; if a dj controller has filter knobs, does that mean it has a hardware filter? I thought they were just controlling the filters of the software, but I had heard a reviewer praising a controller for the filter sound.
Doreen Schurle
10.03.2013
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Doreen Schurle
10.03.2013
Originally Posted by Stewe


Ahaha that's epic
Doreen Schurle
10.03.2013
Kellie Myrum
10.03.2013
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
You can also have toggle-shifts, where one press will set it to 1, another will set it back to 0. It's kinda like an If Then Else statement.
Should look like this:

Add In > Modifier / modCon M=0 / type-button / interaction-direct / value=1
Add In > Modifier / modCon M=1 / type-button / interaction-direct / value=0
Doreen Schurle
09.03.2013
Originally Posted by Stewe
Shift button is basically a HOLD type modifier:

Add In > Modifier / type-button / interaction-hold / value=1

Now, each time this button is pressed and on hold the value will jump to 1 and soon the button is released value will jump back to 0 giving you two modifier states.

Example for filter/gain knob:

Filter modifier condition: M=0
Gain modifier condition: M=1

Hope this helps.
You can also have toggle-shifts, where one press will set it to 1, another will set it back to 0. It's kinda like an If Then Else statement.
Dirk Veasman
04.03.2013
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
You have to assign that button to enable a modifier in Traktor, and then use M0=0 as a condition for one set of functions, and M0=1 for the other.
Thanks. It sounds a little complicated but I guess it might make sense if I was acutally looking at a setup page. I am comfortable doing my own mappings for most every function, but I have never done something like that.
Doreen Schurle
04.03.2013
Originally Posted by Synaptic Flow
Ok. So what I am asking is can you have a MIDI shift button assigned by the software if there is no hardware MIDI shift button?
You have to assign that button to enable a modifier in Traktor, and then use M0=0 as a condition for one set of functions, and M0=1 for the other.
Dirk Veasman
05.03.2013		Hey guys.

I had two questions. If a dj controller doesn't have a dedicated shift button, can any button be assigned as a shift button? I am assuming the shift feature only works in hardware.

For my other question; if a dj controller has filter knobs, does that mean it has a hardware filter? I thought they were just controlling the filters of the software, but I had heard a reviewer praising a controller for the filter sound.
Kellie Myrum
10.03.2013		I hope that only eight modifiers in Traktor doesn't make this epic
Doreen Schurle
10.03.2013
Originally Posted by Stewe


Ahaha that's epic
Kellie Myrum
10.03.2013

Doreen Schurle
10.03.2013
Dirk Veasman
10.03.2013		I had asked these questions because I was getting the CMD 4A. I went with the MC3000 and will not really need the shift option anymore. Maybe in the future when I want to pursue advanced functions, I will.

Thank you all for your help either way. Now I know where to look if and when I need it.
Kellie Myrum
10.03.2013
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
You can also have toggle-shifts, where one press will set it to 1, another will set it back to 0. It's kinda like an If Then Else statement.
Should look like this:

Add In > Modifier / modCon M=0 / type-button / interaction-direct / value=1
Add In > Modifier / modCon M=1 / type-button / interaction-direct / value=0
Dirk Veasman
10.03.2013		nice
Doreen Schurle
09.03.2013
Originally Posted by Stewe
Shift button is basically a HOLD type modifier:

Add In > Modifier / type-button / interaction-hold / value=1

Now, each time this button is pressed and on hold the value will jump to 1 and soon the button is released value will jump back to 0 giving you two modifier states.

Example for filter/gain knob:

Filter modifier condition: M=0
Gain modifier condition: M=1

Hope this helps.
You can also have toggle-shifts, where one press will set it to 1, another will set it back to 0. It's kinda like an If Then Else statement.
Kellie Myrum
09.03.2013		Shift button is basically a HOLD type modifier:

Add In > Modifier / type-button / interaction-hold / value=1

Now, each time this button is pressed and on hold the value will jump to 1 and soon the button is released value will jump back to 0 giving you two modifier states.

Example for filter/gain knob:

Filter modifier condition: M=0
Gain modifier condition: M=1

Hope this helps.
Dirk Veasman
04.03.2013
Originally Posted by mdcdesign
You have to assign that button to enable a modifier in Traktor, and then use M0=0 as a condition for one set of functions, and M0=1 for the other.
Thanks. It sounds a little complicated but I guess it might make sense if I was acutally looking at a setup page. I am comfortable doing my own mappings for most every function, but I have never done something like that.
Doreen Schurle
04.03.2013
Originally Posted by Synaptic Flow
Ok. So what I am asking is can you have a MIDI shift button assigned by the software if there is no hardware MIDI shift button?
You have to assign that button to enable a modifier in Traktor, and then use M0=0 as a condition for one set of functions, and M0=1 for the other.
Dirk Veasman
04.03.2013		Ok. So what I am asking is can you have a MIDI shift button assigned by the software if there is no hardware MIDI shift button?
Alphonso Deitchman
05.03.2013		Controllers typically use the software filters but there are some that work as a standalone mixer too so the filters may work on their own that way.

Other buttons can be used as modifiers, but this is not the same as a MIDI shift button which changes the note values of all controls when pressed.

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